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December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11
Application portals for managing mobile devices no joke

CIOs are turning to application portals to meet mobile needs while protecting corporate IT policies.
December 08, 2011 08 Dec'11
Software laden with technical debt heading for a crash

Enterprise apps are carrying millions of dollars in technical debt, one study says. CIOs need to zero in on the mistakes that could level their companies.
December 07, 2011 07 Dec'11
Outlook 2012: Monetizing IT

Opinions about the top trends for the coming year are starting to trickle into my inbox. Most of these "Outlook 2012" predictions are about the certainty of economic uncertainty. I know, however, ...
December 06, 2011 06 Dec'11
Cloud computing services adoption could be the answer for security

About a year ago I moderated a panel on cloud computing services adoption in health care. A quick poll of the audience indicated that security was the No. 1 reason why their organizations were not ...
December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11
Can you use the Kindle Fire for business?

Each week, we mine the Web for the jewels of knowledge that appeal to CIOs. This week, we're looking at the trend of using the Kindle Fire in business, what compels women to quit their IT teams and ...
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December 02, 2011 02 Dec'11
Are you at risk? Huge Java vulnerability now weaponized and exploited

It's every CIO's worst nightmare -- that panicked call when you least expect it, delivering the worst possible news: "The firewall has been breached." We know that you do everything possible to ...
November 30, 2011 30 Nov'11
First, 'bring your own device'; now, a zero email policy

The wave of optimism that began with advancements in smartphones and tablets that could enable a new generation of bring-your-own-device employees has been taking some strange zigzags of late. The ...
November 22, 2011 22 Nov'11
Celebrate a colleague with our CIO awards

We all know those amazing IT leaders who make a difference in our companies day in and day out but often go unrecognized by the IT world at large. Not everyone can pull a Steve Jobs or a Bill ...
November 21, 2011 21 Nov'11
Will the outsourcing model be the death of CIOs?

Each week, we scour the Web to track down interesting news pieces and commentary to help you maximize your surfing potential and information consumption. This week, we've got analysis of the Kindle ...
November 16, 2011 16 Nov'11
Social BPM pushes process out to users, customers

Social business process management, or social BPM, promises to address the age-old problem of having a small group of business analysts or technicians create business processes, only to get ...
November 14, 2011 14 Nov'11
Tweak your corporate Twitter policy or risk getting p0wned

Each week we scour the Web and bring you the freshest scoop from around the blogosphere. This week, we're serving up tasty helpings of corporate Twitter intellectual property questions, IT ...
November 08, 2011 08 Nov'11
A new take on building CIO community

We're always trying to consider what's on the minds of CIOs today. We write tips and news articles about it. We interview CIOs and profile them. But much of that commentary happens in a controlled ...
November 07, 2011 07 Nov'11
Sustainability initiatives driving innovation

You got an extra hour this week, so why does it seem like you're still crushed by the weight of your to-do list? We're here to help. We've got an executive summary of the blogosphere's greatest ...
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
PCI DSS compliance may be the answer to more than credit card privacy

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard -- PCI DSS -- has been around for a few years and has seemingly done a good job of keeping credit card data safe. No, it's not a binding regulation, ...
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
How to be a strategic leader in the IT industry

What happened in the IT world last week? Here's the scoop on what you might have missed, including how IBM set an example for strategic leadership, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s recent decision and cloud ...
October 25, 2011 25 Oct'11
Apple's Siri speaks to iPhone users, but what is the message?

Full disclosure: I've been an iPhone user since 2008 and I just bought my second iPad. So, I'm not bashing Apple products, and I'm not bashing iPhone users or users of Apple products in general. ...
October 20, 2011 20 Oct'11
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo urges creative destruction

Creative destruction. I've heard that term a lot this year, although it's hardly a new concept. From what's happening with the Occupy Wall Street madness to the pressure to innovate in the IT ...
October 17, 2011 17 Oct'11
The fallout from the BlackBerry outage

Here's what you may have missed last week while you were standing in line to get your new iPhone 4S or waiting for your email during the cataclysmic BlackBerry outage: • As anyone with a ...
October 11, 2011 11 Oct'11
What can we learn from the Steve Jobs Way?

There have been many timelines, retrospectives and other examinations of Apple founder Steve Jobs' career, aka the Steve Jobs Way, and it would be a waste if we don't learn lessons from him about ...
October 10, 2011 10 Oct'11
Be more effective by increasing your business storytelling

It's been a busy week around the Web, and chances are you missed some things. Between the news of the iPhone 4S and Steve Jobs' death, it seems like the Web was absolutely sticky with Apple juice ...
October 07, 2011 07 Oct'11
How employees' perceptions make the difference

I've been thinking a lot about the nontangible things that drive employee perceptions of a company and how they connect to job satisfaction. For instance, I have a friend who stayed at a ...
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Strong passwords are more important than ever

I recently asked one of my sons for passwords to his online accounts, for gaming, email, etc. Not because I'm nosy but because I'm trying to be a responsible parent and home IT administrator, and ...
October 03, 2011 03 Oct'11
Whatever happened to last year's promising iPad clones?

Things getting hectic as you enter Q4? It seems like no matter what you do, you still just keep feeling like you're two steps behind. We know how it feels, and we're here to make it better. We've ...
September 29, 2011 29 Sep'11
What does the Amazon tablet PC mean for midmarket CIOs?

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Amazon has announced the newest player in tablet devices, the Kindle Fire. The most amazing thing about the Amazon tablet PC isn't its screen resolution, the ...
September 27, 2011 27 Sep'11
GE's journey from waterfall to Agile practices

General Electric Co. turned to Agile practices to revamp software development in its Energy division. Now Agile is making its way across the company.
September 27, 2011 27 Sep'11
SIM CIO survey: IT budgets trend up, BI reigns as top CIO investment

When asked, "Are you better off than you were three years ago?" most IT organizations answer in the affirmative. IT budgets, hiring and salaries are on the rise at the majority of companies, ...
September 26, 2011 26 Sep'11
Easy and not-so-obvious ways to improve people skills

Fall has fallen, and that sound you hear is the end of the year starting to whirr out of control. Stay on top of the latest blogerati posts with our handy little smorgasbord of IT-centric tidbits. ...
September 21, 2011 21 Sep'11
Taking business back from cloud service providers

One in five of the companies responding to a Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) survey of cloud trends said they are moving some or all of their outsourced cloud systems back ...
September 19, 2011 19 Sep'11
Don't hold your breath: It's a long wait for the iPad 3 launch

Twiddling your thumbs waiting for the iPad 3 launch? We've got scoop on the hottest tidbits from around the Web, including a bit of a sticky situation for Google and the creepy potential of big ...
September 13, 2011 13 Sep'11
Google Desktop and new app lifecycles could put users in a bind

So Google is discontinuing Google Desktop, along with a bunch of other "apps" that the search giant released over the past seven years. No huge loss. I use Windows XP, at work and therefore still ...
September 12, 2011 12 Sep'11
Squeezing every dollar out of your cloud computing strategy

You might not be ready to say goodbye to summer, but it's definitely fiscal year crunch time. If you're like most CIOs, you're already feeling the pressure and are buckling down to do some serious ...
September 06, 2011 06 Sep'11
Banning Facebook to solve privacy, productivity issues not the answer

Facebook surpassed 750 million users this summer. That's a heck of a lot of people, but not really news. What is news is the movement afoot banning Facebook from users. Many companies are still ...
August 30, 2011 30 Aug'11
Rooftop solar panels look to be a sound green investment

Rooftop solar panels are finally turning on a light bulb over some business leaders' heads. A big office park in my town is putting up solar panels on the roofs of two parking garages on its ...
August 23, 2011 23 Aug'11
HP takes a turn at re-engineering the corporation

Everyone is in the middle of IT business transformation these days. You could call it re-engineering the corporation, downsizing, rightsizing or just plain old cost-cutting, however. ...
August 22, 2011 22 Aug'11
Death to the HP TouchPad tablets! Long live the king!

It's been a busy week in tech, with the demise of WebOS on everyone's lips and the inevitable budget crunch as we prepare for 2012. Never fear: We've scoured the Web so you don't have to! Here's a ...
August 16, 2011 16 Aug'11
How the Google acquisition of Motorola affects your mobile workforce

It's been a busy week in tech. Google's acquisition of Motorola has everyone wondering how it will affect their mobile workforce. Here's a tasting menu of the choicest bits around the Web, ...
August 10, 2011 10 Aug'11
Some ISVs' virtualization licensing terms a moving target

When it comes to virtualization licensing terms, what is it going to take for some independent software vendors (ISVs) to stop dragging their feet? When I asked IT executives at the recent Gartner ...
August 08, 2011 08 Aug'11
Law and Order: Hacker Protection Unit

Every week, we scour the wealth of information on the blog circuit and give you the finer talking points to help you score erudite points around the Twitter water cooler. Here's the latest sampling ...
August 04, 2011 04 Aug'11
Two outsourcing strategy tips for emerging tech, outside the contract

In our SearchCIO.com tip sheet this week on outsourcing strategies for emerging tech, outsourcing adviser Andy Sealock explains how contracting for new technology is different from procuring ...
August 03, 2011 03 Aug'11
Enterprise mobility and the privacy debate

There was an interesting side conversation during the Q&A portion of a session on enterprise mobility at last week's Gartner Catalyst Conference. Someone asked the panel what they thought about ...
August 02, 2011 02 Aug'11
What cleaning computer viruses can teach you

In my spare time I run a little PC service repair business, mostly for friends and family. It's mostly cleaning computer viruses, installing wireless networks and sometimes building gaming systems. ...
July 29, 2011 29 Jul'11
Does your Internet usage policy make your employees cry?

How are you feeling today? Lonely? Upset? Vaguely withdrawn from society? If so, quick -- check your Twitter stream on your smartphone. Better now? We've all heard BlackBerry jokingly referred to ...
July 26, 2011 26 Jul'11
IT transformation means one thing: New IT job skills needed

I found it amusing/disturbing during the NFL player lockout that players were worried about making ends meet. Many players should certainly learn new job skills for when their playing days end, but ...
July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11
Gear up to install OS X Lion

Massive heat waves in the South and Midwest have us scurrying for the cool, comforting glow of our monitors in the delicious air conditioning, so we've been scouring the Web and have found some ...
July 22, 2011 22 Jul'11
Comic-Con: IT innovation lessons from dudes in Stormtrooper suits

There are a few annual events I adore even though I'll never ever go to any of them: Burning Man, SXSW, TED, and this time of year, Comic-Con. When you're hyper-focused on IT innovation, you ...
July 18, 2011 18 Jul'11
IPad Bluetooth keyboards, iPad’s own keyboard vulnerable to hackers

Were you on vacation and unplugged last week? While you're planning your shopping list for the week, you might want to add an iPad Bluetooth keyboard and a 20-foot touch-screen wall. Here's what ...
July 12, 2011 12 Jul'11
What chief information officers have in common with Kevin Bacon

What does a chief information officer have in common with Kevin Bacon? Mathematics. The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Game has been around for a while. It proves that all of us are more intertwined ...
July 12, 2011 12 Jul'11
The IT organization of the future: An enterprise within an enterprise

The IT organization of the future is shifting to become not only a business but also a part of an integrated business services organization.
July 11, 2011 11 Jul'11
Will Google social media be the fastest growing network in history?

The world is a busy place, and last week was no exception. We saw the last public launch of NASA's shuttle program, witnessed tremendous buzz in the wide scramble for adoption of Google's social ...
July 08, 2011 08 Jul'11
Can the new Google social network overtake Facebook?

Facebook and Google have been at war for years. They want your eyes on their sites, and they'll do anything toward that goal. You've undoubtedly heard about the potential new heir to the Facebook ...
July 07, 2011 07 Jul'11
For CIOs, there is a lot more than Hadoop to managing large data sets

No matter the topic at hand, lately my conversations with CIOs turn to Big Data -- or, to use my editor's preferred term, large data sets. CIOs have Big Data on the brain -- and for good reason. ...
July 05, 2011 05 Jul'11
Hacking activities mean security risk is everybody's business

The LulzSec hacker group recently announced it was backing off its spree of network break-ins -- but only after making off with gigabytes of sensitive documents from large private- and ...
June 30, 2011 30 Jun'11
How enterprises are testing the mobile business app waters

While you're debating whether to develop native mobile business apps, use HTML5 for mobile or take a hybrid approach using PhoneGap, one enterprise IT exec highly recommends asking for an ...
June 30, 2011 30 Jun'11
Social media platforms boost spontaneity, but does business need that?

One of the great things about social media platforms is that they break down barriers, allowing easy, sometimes effortless communication among people. Given that we are social animals, social media ...
June 28, 2011 28 Jun'11
Even the Geek Doctor couldn't save Google Health

My first thought when I heard that Google Health is shutting down is, "what's the Geek Doctor going to do?" My second thought was shock. Dr. John Halamka, aka the "Geek Doctor," has been one of ...
June 24, 2011 24 Jun'11
Vulnerability in Dropbox security leaves user accounts wide open

No bones about it: Dropbox security just took a huge dive in user confidence. This past Sunday, Dropbox user accounts -- all of them -- were open and accessible to the world, no password required. ...
June 23, 2011 23 Jun'11
Six tips on avoiding social media project meltdowns

You have to admire Kevin Jones, NASA's social media organizational strategist. He stood up at this week's Enterprise 2.0 show in Boston and laid bare his social media project failures. Jones was ...
June 20, 2011 20 Jun'11
Load your iPhone 4 and iPad 2 with powerful database-building apps

Now that summer is officially here, you've undoubtedly been busy covering for vacationing co-workers or trying to squeeze a few hours of R&R in for yourself. Here's a quick rundown of the best ...
June 16, 2011 16 Jun'11
Collaboration tool standardization prevents the death of ideas

When I covered Microsoft, I appreciated the grass-roots SharePoint efforts across businesses small and large. Unsatisfied with the capabilities of a given collaboration tool, knowledge workers ...
June 16, 2011 16 Jun'11
Does your business know the enterprise can't be run on rogue IT?

The question to Warren Ritchie, CIO at the Volkswagen Group of America, was pretty standard: What was the biggest surprise he faced when he came into the IT world? Ritchie was speaking at the ...
June 16, 2011 16 Jun'11
Public-sector CIOs leading IT transformation

I'm not sure about you, but my first impression of government's use of technology is that they are still working off VAX computers and dumb terminals. But, really, it's quite the contrary. Here are ...
June 13, 2011 13 Jun'11
TrueCrypt and Dropbox go together like peanut butter and chocolate

We've scoured the Web and compiled a crib sheet for the best and most interesting tidbits from around the IT blogosphere last week, including using TrueCrypt and Dropbox for data encryption, the ...
June 07, 2011 07 Jun'11
Outsourcing services need the right mix of commodity and strategy

Discover Card has made a celebrity out of "Peggy," but despite the credit card provider's efforts to humorously discredit outsourcing services in former Soviet Bloc countries, Ukraine is seeing ...
June 06, 2011 06 Jun'11
Virtual security and hackers: A match made in heaven?

While you were putting out fires in your computer room, we were scouring the Web looking for tasty bits for you to peruse. From ensuring virtual security to the workforce of tomorrow, check out ...
June 03, 2011 03 Jun'11
Workforce of the future is in the hands of the CIO

You couldn't go far at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium held recently in Cambridge, Mass., without hearing about the workforce of the future and how the CIO will help develop what some people are ...
May 31, 2011 31 May'11
A new home for Domino applications

Apple recently announced that it has approved its 500,000th app for the iTunes App Store. IBM Lotus developers say, "Call us when you get to 10 million." That's how many enterprise applications are ...
May 30, 2011 30 May'11
Around the blogs: Release date of Windows 8 and losing talent

We've scoured the Web and compiled a crib sheet for the best and most interesting tidbits from around the IT blogosphere last week, including thoughts on the release date of Windows 8, the risks to ...
May 26, 2011 26 May'11
The Windows 8 operating system: Is it time to move on?

It was customary during the Bill Gates era at Microsoft to surreptitiously dis the previous version of Windows when the next generation came out. "It's the best Windows operating system we've ever ...
May 24, 2011 24 May'11
Failed promotion for Amazon cloud storage affects consumer confidence

It's one of those things that looks fantastic on paper: Introduce your cloud service to the consumer market by packaging it with a super-cheap, eagerly anticipated superstar's new album. Amazon did ...
May 17, 2011 17 May'11
Technology conferences can still deliver for IT pros

I attended the "last" Comdex show -- the last great one, that is -- in the year 2000, right before 9/11 and the dot-com bust turned it into a shell of its former self, along with a lot of other ...
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Email attachment risks highlight value of collaboration tools

This week at Interop Las Vegas, I met Dusan Vitek, vice president of worldwide marketing at Kerio Technologies Inc., who said, "I feel guilty whenever I send an email with an attachment." I ...
May 10, 2011 10 May'11
The sky’s the limit for cloud-enabled applications

Back in the day, the must-have feature for technology products was "Internet-enabled." (Remember when Windows became Internet-enabled? It meant sticking the browser in.) It got kind of sickening to ...
May 03, 2011 03 May'11
CIO innovation is about getting ahead of the problems

My colleagues and I in the CIO/IT Strategy Media Group have spent much of the first half of 2011 talking with CIOs about innovation. So much time that I think I might go crazy asking another ...
April 28, 2011 28 Apr'11
PlayStation Network breach is Sony's shameful nadir

Another week, another major hack. It seems these things go in cycles. There was a major breach at email provider Epsilon earlier this month. But the recent attack on the PlayStation Network is ...
April 22, 2011 22 Apr'11
NASA takes off with an open government and cloud infrastructure plan

Don't be surprised if NASA's Nebula cloud becomes the model -- and maybe the mother -- of cloud infrastructure in the U.S. NASA is embarking on an ambitious plan to overhaul its existing data ...
April 21, 2011 21 Apr'11
What does it mean that Wal-Mart is buying social media company Kosmix?

When I read the news that Wal-Mart is buying a small software company specializing in social networking, thoughts swirled. How they swirled! Kosmix upsets the Wal-Mart cosmos. All that stuff about ...
April 19, 2011 19 Apr'11
Cisco killed the Flip camera and other surprises

The news last week that Cisco killed the Flip mini-camcorder -- or, as Cisco put it, restructured its consumer products division -- is full of surprises. First, I have to admit, even as a Cisco ...
April 15, 2011 15 Apr'11
CIOs and facilities managers need to be BFFs with green IT practices

Green IT practices are a no-brainer, but is your company's effort thwarting your IT strategy? Your connectivity problems may be inside your walls.
April 14, 2011 14 Apr'11
Cloud service providers urge lawmakers to postpone legislation

Only a science fiction writer might have imagined that consumer technologies like smartphones -- coupled with a cloud computing service like Facebook -- would be dissidents' weapons of choice in ...
April 13, 2011 13 Apr'11
In the cloud, even custom apps will be a commodity

I'll make this short because God knows you've read enough about cloud computing and its software variation, SaaS. This concerns the cloud and custom apps, in particular the proprietary apps and IT ...
April 12, 2011 12 Apr'11
What have we learned from the Epsilon security breach?

My wife and I started getting the emails April 4. Best Buy. Our bank. Other e-commerce sites we had shopped. The impact of the Epsilon security breach was far and wide. My first thought was that at ...
April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11
Multi-tenancy leads to risky development on cloud platforms

Why buy when you can rent? It's the new credo among savvy spenders everywhere -- IT shops included. More and more companies are renting space on a cloud (Infrastructure as a Service) or paying for ...
April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11
Mobile technology in health care now the answer instead of the problem

The first "mobile computing device" that I used was a 30-pound IBM "luggable" PC. It cost more than $4,000 and boasted the Intel 8088 microprocessor running at a blazing 4.77 MHz and ran off of two ...
April 07, 2011 07 Apr'11
Are CIO leadership skills moot if the business has you pigeonholed?

Are you lacking in CIO leadership skills, or do you lack CIO leadership qualities because the business has boxed you in, pigeonholed you as the IT guy? The question came up at a private dinner for ...
April 05, 2011 05 Apr'11
Are the Mozilla Firefox 4 and IE9 releases wreaking havoc on your old apps?

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and Mozilla Firefox 4 dropped within a week of each other, and now that the dust has settled, Internet users are finding that there are pieces of their daily lives ...
April 01, 2011 01 Apr'11
Cloudsourcing and lean methodology tap customer input

Whether your IT organization is thinking about becoming lean or using cloudsourcing techniques, it all boils down to customer input. After all, they're the ones on the front line, with the best ...
March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11
Why ‘IT innovation’ is less about technology, more about integration

What are we talking about when we are talking about IT innovation? The answers are as varied as there are people to answer the question. And the answers rarely have much to do with technology, ...
March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11
The need for IT innovation leads to aggressive collaboration

IT innovation is what happens when there's no money for new equipment but plenty of fresh ideas emanating from all parts of the business.
March 24, 2011 24 Mar'11
Does your executive networking strategy include Twitter?

This week marks Twitter's fifth birthday. It's a precocious 5-year-old, in that it has done in half a decade what most companies need 20 years to accomplish: become an integral part of our everyday ...
March 22, 2011 22 Mar'11
CIOs looking for ways to say yes to the iPad in the enterprise

CIOs are looking for ways to say yes to the iPad in the enterprise, despite the technological and cultural challenges associated with new mobile devices.
March 21, 2011 21 Mar'11
The opportunity cost of Twitter for business

Last week, SearchCIO-Midmarket.com Site Editor Wendy Schuchart did a nice job showing the upside of Twitter for business. "Social media presented an easy opportunity [for P.F. Chang's] to make the ...
March 11, 2011 11 Mar'11
Why aren't more women in executive careers in IT?

Tuesday was International Women's Day. The United Nations' theme for 2011: "Equal access to education, training and science and technology." Last week at the FusionCIO conference in Madison, Wis., ...
March 11, 2011 11 Mar'11
IT innovation isn't new, but essential to maintain a competitive edge

IT innovation: It's the buzzword of the year. But what does it actually mean? According to Dictionary.com, to innovate means to introduce something new or to make changes in anything established. ...
March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11
Computer automation is already changing everything

I am a fan of the Science Channel shows "Factory Made" and "How It's Made." I find it fascinating how automated factories can do everything from build light bulbs and create fireproof suits or ...
March 04, 2011 04 Mar'11
Companies eyeing cloud brokers to manage multiple cloud services

Some IT departments are aggressively adopting "cloud-first" strategies for new deployments. Instead of buying new servers, they're looking at Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS); rather than ...
March 01, 2011 01 Mar'11
What would an Internet kill switch really mean?

The Internet shutdown in Eqypt last month raised questions regarding whether the U.S. would be able to do the same with a so-called Internet kill switch bill. This is not the first time such a bill ...
February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11
Phasing in desktop virtualization

Desktop virtualization gives the business peace of mind. That was the bottom line when I asked Todd Bruni, director of client services for Christus Health, about the benefits of building a virtual ...
February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11
Get cloud computing security in line with enterprise practices

You have been reading a lot about cloud computing on SearchCIO.com and SearchCIO-Midmarket.com lately. With good reason: The cloud is the latest game-changer in corporate IT. Sure, there's ...
February 18, 2011 18 Feb'11
An IT exec's agile quest leads to cloud services

The IT department is moving at the speed of light. Performance monitoring tools enable IT managers to ferret out and fix network problems in seconds, tasks that previously would have taken days or ...
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Effects of the Egypt Internet shutdown

It's a sign of how dependent our lives have become on the Internet, or more accurately, of "being connected." News of Egypt cutting off Internet and cellular service for five days this week shocked ...

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